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I first thought these were bids for lots of items, like... cases of the item. Am I mistaken that these are actually bids on a single, quantity=1, item? It's ac

I first thought these were bids for lots of items, like... cases of the item. Am I mistaken that these are actually bids on a single, quantity=1, item? It's actually impressive if they're auctioning off failed-festival merch at Supreme prices.

adjkant 6y ago
I think you're underestimating how much of a meme this is. Some of these I actually considered for a hot second in my head.
onetimemanytime 6y ago
>>Am I mistaken that these are actually bids on a single, quantity=1, item? Ja Rule was in the vicinity of such items, we are lucky they're so cheap considering ;)
frostburg 6y ago
It's basically the same thing, and I say this as someone who gives money to Rick Owens.
tyingq 6y ago
I sort of wonder if someone is trolling them with a credit card that's going to be invalid before the auction ends. Who bids $500 for a single hat you can reproduce on any custom hat site?
- evolve2k 6y ago
  I just assumed it was rich influencer fashion types who were keen to own a piece of infamy and had the disposal wealth to not over think it and just bid on homepage items. “Hey is that hat from Fyre festival?” “Yeah it’s real, I got it online for $500”
  - wyclif 6y ago
    Perfect to wear to that next Kool-Aid drinking SV investor meeting.
  - bryanrasmussen 6y ago
    I think it's more like "Yeah I was totally there, we were lucky to get off that beach alive!"
  - aasasd 6y ago
    It's like I'm again hearing the jokes about Russian ‘nouveau riches’ of the 90s: — Bro, check out this tie I've bought for 500 bucks. — Dude, you were swindled like a loser. I've bought one just like that next door, but for 700 dollars.
- Waterluvian 6y ago
  I feel like trolling the US Marshals with credit card fraud is a bad idea.
  - renewiltord 6y ago
    Oh no, what are they going to do? Go find some random poor fool you stole the card from and kick their door in? I'm sure the credit card thieves are quaking in their boots. US police at all levels are an impotent force against online crime. Once in a while they catch some guy and then they parade it around but the likelihood of that is microscopic.
    - necpoptie 6y ago
      They seemed to catch the twitter hackers pretty quickly. shrug.
  - tyingq 6y ago
    "FAILURE TO PAY FOR ITEMS WILL RESULT IN ACCOUNT DEACTIVATION AND DENIAL FROM PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE GASTON & SHEEHAN AUCTIONS, LIVE OR ONLINE." The consequences seem pretty light.
    - Gaelan 6y ago
      That doesn't preclude other punishments, no? Fraudulent auction bids are presumably fairly illegal, so criminal persecution is presumably also a possibility.
      - zymhan 6y ago
        > Fraudulent auction bids are presumably fairly illegal Someone's never been on Ebay
        alasdair_ 6y ago
        It’s like ebay, but where every seller has a gun, federal backing, and literally gets paid to arrest people.
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- CPLX 6y ago
  I placed a bunch of bids on the sweatshirts when the auction opened a few weeks ago. Clearly there’s a limit to how much I’m willing to pay but those are amazing novelty gifts.
- Fezzik 6y ago
  Never underestimate what hipsters will pay for kitsch.
leoh 6y ago
The funnier thing would be to create knock-off clothing and sell it hella' cheap, flooding the market with indistinguishable fakes.
- thinkingemote 6y ago
  Would they be trademarked and copyrighted? Even if they were themselves a fraud?
  - londons_explore 6y ago
    I somehow doubt someone is going to sue you for violating those trademarks...
    - rjmunro 6y ago
      Depends who owns the trademarks now. They would be an asset that whoever managed the bankruptcy would be able to sell on. That person may well want to use them to make some money back.
      - poizan42 6y ago
        Actually the Fyre Festival LLC owned trademark is dead: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5yn5.2.6 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5... Seems two different companies have rushed to register it, XNO LLC and IMG Worldwide LLC - the XNO service mark application has been granted: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5yn5.4.2 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5... Their trademark for use on merchandise is currently pending a submittal of a Statement of Use: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5yn5.4.3 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5...
        poizan42 6y ago
        - so seems like the tmsearch.uspto.gov links expires... Hopefully these keeps working: 1. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87357393&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87357393&caseType=SERIAL_... 2. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87981042&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87981042&caseType=SERIAL_... 3. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87877280&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87877280&caseType=SERIAL_...
xivzgrev 6y ago
My thought exactly. The inflated prices have to be a prank

adjkant 6y ago

I think you're underestimating how much of a meme this is. Some of these I actually considered for a hot second in my head.

onetimemanytime 6y ago

>>Am I mistaken that these are actually bids on a single, quantity=1, item? Ja Rule was in the vicinity of such items, we are lucky they're so cheap considering ;)

frostburg 6y ago

It's basically the same thing, and I say this as someone who gives money to Rick Owens.

tyingq 6y ago

I sort of wonder if someone is trolling them with a credit card that's going to be invalid before the auction ends. Who bids $500 for a single hat you can reproduce on any custom hat site?

evolve2k 6y ago
I just assumed it was rich influencer fashion types who were keen to own a piece of infamy and had the disposal wealth to not over think it and just bid on homepage items. “Hey is that hat from Fyre festival?” “Yeah it’s real, I got it online for $500”
- wyclif 6y ago
  Perfect to wear to that next Kool-Aid drinking SV investor meeting.
- bryanrasmussen 6y ago
  I think it's more like "Yeah I was totally there, we were lucky to get off that beach alive!"
- aasasd 6y ago
  It's like I'm again hearing the jokes about Russian ‘nouveau riches’ of the 90s: — Bro, check out this tie I've bought for 500 bucks. — Dude, you were swindled like a loser. I've bought one just like that next door, but for 700 dollars.
Waterluvian 6y ago
I feel like trolling the US Marshals with credit card fraud is a bad idea.
- renewiltord 6y ago
  Oh no, what are they going to do? Go find some random poor fool you stole the card from and kick their door in? I'm sure the credit card thieves are quaking in their boots. US police at all levels are an impotent force against online crime. Once in a while they catch some guy and then they parade it around but the likelihood of that is microscopic.
  - necpoptie 6y ago
    They seemed to catch the twitter hackers pretty quickly. shrug.
- tyingq 6y ago
  "FAILURE TO PAY FOR ITEMS WILL RESULT IN ACCOUNT DEACTIVATION AND DENIAL FROM PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE GASTON & SHEEHAN AUCTIONS, LIVE OR ONLINE." The consequences seem pretty light.
  - Gaelan 6y ago
    That doesn't preclude other punishments, no? Fraudulent auction bids are presumably fairly illegal, so criminal persecution is presumably also a possibility.
    - zymhan 6y ago
      > Fraudulent auction bids are presumably fairly illegal Someone's never been on Ebay
      - alasdair_ 6y ago
        It’s like ebay, but where every seller has a gun, federal backing, and literally gets paid to arrest people.
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CPLX 6y ago
I placed a bunch of bids on the sweatshirts when the auction opened a few weeks ago. Clearly there’s a limit to how much I’m willing to pay but those are amazing novelty gifts.
Fezzik 6y ago
Never underestimate what hipsters will pay for kitsch.

leoh 6y ago

The funnier thing would be to create knock-off clothing and sell it hella' cheap, flooding the market with indistinguishable fakes.

thinkingemote 6y ago
Would they be trademarked and copyrighted? Even if they were themselves a fraud?
- londons_explore 6y ago
  I somehow doubt someone is going to sue you for violating those trademarks...
  - rjmunro 6y ago
    Depends who owns the trademarks now. They would be an asset that whoever managed the bankruptcy would be able to sell on. That person may well want to use them to make some money back.
    - poizan42 6y ago
      Actually the Fyre Festival LLC owned trademark is dead: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5yn5.2.6 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5... Seems two different companies have rushed to register it, XNO LLC and IMG Worldwide LLC - the XNO service mark application has been granted: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5yn5.4.2 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5... Their trademark for use on merchandise is currently pending a submittal of a Statement of Use: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5yn5.4.3 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:ad5...
      - poizan42 6y ago
        - so seems like the tmsearch.uspto.gov links expires... Hopefully these keeps working: 1. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87357393&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87357393&caseType=SERIAL_... 2. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87981042&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87981042&caseType=SERIAL_... 3. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87877280&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87877280&caseType=SERIAL_...

xivzgrev 6y ago

My thought exactly. The inflated prices have to be a prank